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LITERATURE. UNCLE OLIVER'S TRAVELS IN PERSIA. In 2 Vols. London, Charles Knight, 1838. These are delightful little volumes for children. Uncle Olive r is a venerable old gentleman, and as great a favou rite with " harmless little men" as Burchell in the " Vicar of Wakefield." He employs his leisure in superintending the studies of three little orphans, to whom he stands in the double relation of an uncle and a parent, and to them he relates the story of his travels in Persia. The style is simple, the incidents narrated striking, and the information euriou.s and valuable, The wood-cuts are numerous and well executed. NEW ZEALAND. Br J. S. POLACK, ESQ London: Bentley, 1836. 14r. Polack is a member of the Colonial Society of London, and in that capacity he resided in New Zealand, b etween the years 1831, and 1837. Of his travels and adventures in that hitherto imperfectly known region, the volumes now submitted to the public, merely purport to be a faithful narrative. They are in a high degree interest ing and instructive—perhaps altogether the best picture of sa vage life published within the last quarter of a century, 'with the exception of Captain Bonneville's Travels in the R, Far West," edited by Washington Irvi n g . Mr. Polack did not content himself with witnessing the manners of the native s along the coast in the habit of seeing and traffick ing with the Europeans. Accompanied by ten stout nat ives, who deemed it no indignity to carry an European On their shoulders, though they would have suffered them s€lves to be devoured by their enemies rather than perform a menial office for any other than a " white man," he tra versed the interior for several weeks, for the purpose of entering into treaties of traffic with the native chiefs. At one village where he was hospitably received, a council was Called, in order that he might explain to the assembled Warriors and chiefs the object of his journey. This Ile appears to have done in a very effective speech, for he was congratulating himself upon the result when an old Tory got up to denounce what appeared In him a departure from the wisdom of his ancestors. Mr. Polack tells us that this New Zealand Lyndhurst " took S hort runs round the circle formed by the assembled multi tude," for the purpose of collecting his scattered thoughts a nd givi ng e ff ect to hi s oratory , w h e n he thus launched forth in defence of ancestorial wisdom : " Th e Europeans, be said, were o verrunning the land, so th at wars must in a short time cease ; and what were the plea. c ures left to the people when they should be restricted killing aeir enemies and preserving their beads as undoubted memo rialsef tri ump h ? (pointing with his short hani to those placed it poles that were opposite to us). War was his delight; ~s u ad been the sole pleasure pursued by his ancestors (te- Va), and ought to be so of their children. And was it so? Iv ° ; the white men had come among them, and the warrior ah a i s i: Ohliged t o give way to women and slaves, whose utmost a , tY consisted in paddling canoes, rounding fern-root, or 4 1!Ping flax (imitating those various employments). Yet, but ac , i , t tle while, and not an enemy would be found to combat l a . a Q ; they would ' all become women and flax-dressers. Who Hied fire-arms? For his part be could not take aim, and t rY were useless to him, and therefore ought to be unser "eeable to every bodythey did scarce any damage in .etuiPariaan to the weapons of the nation handed down to avi n a by the fathers of the land. He did not want to see a ( t r ite face; he had heard, to the northward, (pointing in that hr ent i° ll ,) that a chief was made to feel ashamed in killing 8 , 3 °wit slaves, and that the bodies were obliged to be eaten in a -ern eY and silence. He could scarcely give credit to so foul vroreport, and attributed it to the invention of persons who impose on the natural easiness of his disposition. It aa . :" not, should not be. No—he would sooner cat all the o i l e t e men himself than be reduced to a state so truly abject. ? „„e he imitated the action of gnawing his right arm.) a nd " This sally crea t e d a general laugh, in which I joined, en „ which h eart il y tickled the irascible veteran himself; who 41,"timed : No! he would live to spite the white men, At brea his fast on a fresh slave every morning. The very (h u of k s a s the country were arrayed against the new comers, A n( l a neing our adventures in connection with Tameteri.) i tiv Where did t h e party i nten d go i ng ? D own th e K a ip ara Who e t' , and every spot of which was sacred, for a race of chiefs ghow Yrould never allow us to land on those shores without a, I ng their resentment in a signal manner. For his part, vii e anne should leave Matakoki Wangare (the name of the will °e)' nor should any white man again visit them. They trib Perhaps,' added he, persuade us not to punish the an ," of Wai.ma, who have destroyed our Wai-tapas, dug up I t ',,,Px'avisions and stolen the property of our people. Never N4' h u e flax grow,' and our forests stand ; if we want defiling, , a ve our women Coif make them (be had seven wives, not --li `d"a' handmaids) food be our object, we have slaves i ° Plant for us • and of them we shall never be deficient so : a g ] as our enemies exist. No canoe shall leave this village Z E ., -et the white man return to his residence. The tribes b e -li g whom he has taken up his abode nzay be our friends it but have they not been our enemies (Here he re. Couned a series of feuds that had existed in the times of his tiaegeeanitors.) No ; let the white man go. Who sent for him ? be fu r m t h e er fr ,r ant beyond ea to us • he has seen us ; what does Th e N • Lrq s him ba'ck.' and the veteran Zealand Reformers, however, carried the day, laow Tory was left in a complete minority. . ever with the small. present put him in such good humour b eitne white man," that, like a great statesman nearer the ,he declared himself disposed to give every facilty to law though he had working what his brethren had pronounced the had still misgivings with respect to the r i etY of its adoption. fra xh n , in ng the New Zealanders cannibalism prevails to a a eet 4 n l extent. witness select the following description of a „ of this kind ed by the author r— hea& was introduced to that part of the enclosure where the Were * ?t . the enemy th at h a d b een ca pt ure d d ur i ng th e wee k e ount l2 l ,aeed on poles, i n f ron t o f the hcuse of the chief. I of thee ins: there w ere th re e more placed on poles in front 1,58 th ntrance-gate to thi s p a rt of the village, behind which a4l e eer ne • terY The latter had been in that situation for tast e th oath previous. They brought to recollection the refined tat e , ,pat Prompt e d a more c i v ili se d peop l e to d ecorate t h e 0r aa ,...," their metropolis, the emporium of the f i ne arts, w i t h cli tno T l ejlts of a similar nature, some a sixty years since ;" the Prof assi _ n uanee of which has been destructive to an itinerant t i . e o sp rioliod u e n ne ; e, fr we are told by Walpole, in his Private Cor that at a certain date be went to the Tower of inhu n, and passed under the new heads at Temple Bar, er e half saw peopl e ma ki ng a tra d e b y l ett i ng spy - g l asses a t T h ;Penny a look." vio ao se heads had chant e d th e war song b u t f our days pre and ; the bodies which had appertained to them danced the xre ari a alta, and had since been consigned to the oven, and abhorrent wholly devoured by the natives. Curious to see this request food, after it had undergone a culinary process, tra airit 'Led a minor c hi e f t o s h ow me some ; h e accor di ng ly branni7t d da water, where the provisions are always k e pt, an d At e own a small flax basket, containing the human viand. B tat e, 7 l v iew I should h ave t a k en it f or f res h por k i n a b o il e d sta ted Navin the s ame pa l e , ca d averous colour. sly informant With rig t was a pi ece o f t h e l ower part o f the th i gh, grasp i ng v ane hand th at part o f my b ody, illustrative of what he ad. lo gi e t d s : It a p peared very much shrunk ; and on my observ .l.",Tst ha ve apperta i ned to a boy, the head of its possessor, tv e was pointed out to me, apparently a man of forty ,,Years of age. s ot , sight of this piece of mortality afforded the chief li e k e ,e'easure, for he stretched out his tongue, pretending to th, the food, and gave other significant signs, indicative of As delight he felt in partaking of human flesh." ia..l-tx regards the religion of the New Zealanders, Mr. t °lan k found them everywhere sunk in the grossest idola 07't,the slaves of priests, only distinguishable from the rest t he People by their superior cunning and knavery. They arc '-owever, simple in their habits, and, when not at war, en cllY and even affectionate and trustworthy in their in tercourse both with each other and with str angers . Fl ax 8 the chief production of the country which is well wooded, Well watered, and from all appearances capable of most I::.ofitable cultivation. These volumes are embellished , Ph numerous plates illustrative of the scenery of New -eoaland, and the manners, customs, religious worship, and ulre nottumental buildings of its inhabitants. We particularly mend then - i to the especial notice of Missionary So etles. 1: -APT ISING BEL t, s.—T he following paragraph 4 111 be read with some i nterest, we th i nk, by those who re flerober that the somewhat similar ceremony to baptising bells a Conse crating Church es , exc it es a t present a goo d deal of —.6 itention her e : The ceremony of bapti s i ng th e new b e ll s t„., B t. loch attracted a numerous crowd to that Church yes redYternoon. Just at t h e entrance o f the choir, under a p.erve erected lvet canopy, t h e f our bells, enveloped in silver tissue, 81 " Pended ; and on th e eastern s i de of the choir was tte t a magnifi cent t h rone under a rich canopy, in red vel ate:tnd gold, f or t h e Archbishop. Shortly after four a detach- Chu rch of grenadiers of the N a ti ona l G uar d s entere d t h e tit 4 fe w and were d rawn up on e i t h er side of the choir, and minutes after the Queen, accompanied by the Princess proefrientine and Madame Adelaide, entered the Church, and Th e ee eded t o seats of state placed for them near the bells. I'i3 pAr.chbishop preceded by his cross-bearer, and carrying ver:,osier and mitre, then advanced to his throne and de.li te an eloquent homily suited to the occasion ; after which won ted to consecrate the bells according to the accus ,..o formalities observ - ed on these occasions. —Galignani." e ons ells then are baptised to make a noise on—Churches are voi e eer ated to be silent in or only to resound to the melodious of the preachers and singers. Dr. Nicholls and the nd, a s our rea d ers remember, lately promoted a Bill k eert erliament to prev en t vestries f rom making a noise in con bo,;„`ed Churches so that the priesthood have an art of tab eitCl t hings as th e y su it t h e i r purposes, and make them Iviu:r inst ruments of noise or of s il ence. A baptised Bell aor s f M i a dame Adelaide and the Archbishop of Paris for spon liseci'u'fils its functions when it sounds long and loud ; a bap- Dr,,(,),1: co nsecrated building fulfils its functi ons , accordingto eee il leholls, w h en i t i s closed aga i nst all kinds of noise, eek tt the noise of the preachers a few short minutes once a 11 44 4 1 ) EA l'es DoING.—H is Reverence the Dean iigwore:.ui,,cd taxtr,g the co:Li - 1,11114y ok per et:a . t.., by rt.- ia te i g that all fees shall in future be paid in British stg., hi s ip, 44 of old Currency It is expected that this will increase "%pie about 1001. per annum.--Jers9 News' WINDSOR-WEDNESDAY. The Queen arrived at the Castle yesterday afternoon, at half-past six o'clock. Her Majesty came in an open carriage, and W 35 accompanied by her Royal Highness, the Duchess of Kent, and the Marchioness of Normanby ( Lady in Waiting). In the two other carriges which followed that of her Ma jesty were Lady Gardiner (Lady of the Bed-Chamber), the Hon. Misses Pitt and Murray (Maids of Honour ), Baroness Lehzen, Lady Mary Stopford, Lordjorrington ( Lord in Waiting), Major Keppel, Hon. Mr. Murray, Hon. Col. Ca vendish. The Royal party proceeded to the Castle by the Lodge op posite to the Long Walk, but we ha.-e authority to state that it was the Queen's intention to have passed through the town ; and it was owing to a mistake that the officer commanding the escort conducted her Majesty by this entrance. The Earl of Albemarle arrived at the Castle shortly before her Majesty. The principal inhabitants of the town illuminated their houses in honour of her Majesty's arrival. T o -d a y the Queen did not ride out. COURT CIRCULAR. The Duke of Nlarlborough bad an interview with Viscount Melbourne yesterday in Downing-street. Ahmed Fethee Pacha, the Turkish Ambassador Extraordi nary, attended by Samee Effendi, First Secretary to his Ex cellency, and Arakel Dadian, Interpreter, were presented to Viscount Palmerston, her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Aff a i rs , yester d ay a f ternoon, at t h e Forei▪ gn Office, by Sarim Effendi. Their Excellencies were accom panied by Mr. Salame, her Majesty's Oriental Interpreter. The Solicito r -G enera l an d M r. C rane b a d i nterv i ew s wi▪ th Lord Glenelg yesterday at the Colonial Office. The French Ambassador, and the Prussian and Belgian Ministers, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign Office. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Count de Thun, at Mivart's Hotel, Brook-street, from the the Hague ; Lady Mellet Vaughan, at ditto, from Bath ; Mr. and Mrs. Bosanquet, at ditto, from a tour on the Continent; Sir Edward and Lady Poore, from a tour; Miss Mellish and Miss Smith, at Marshal Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish-square, from Ware, Herts ; Mr. and Miss Winn, at ditto, from York shire; Miss Chauncy, at ditto, from Waltham Cross; Ives, at ditto, from Ireland ; William Leigh, Esq., at ditto, from Lichfield. DEPARTURES. The Countess de Egloffstein, from Mivart's Hotel ; Lord and Lady Dunally, from ditto, for their seat, Dunally Castle, Tipperary, Ireland ; Baron and Baroness Dimsdale, and Miss Dimsdale, from ditto, for their seat, Campfield-place, Herts; the Countess Bathyany, from ditto, for Richmond, Surrey ; Mr. and Mrs. De Burgh, from ditto, for Herne Bay ; Captain Manning and Lsdy Fdri ington, from ditto, for India; Mr. George Money, from ditto, on a tour ; Mr. Marcus Lynch, from ditto, for Leamington, Warwickshire; Captain Von Erschoff, from ditto, for a tour ; Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell, from ditto, for their seat, Cooper's Hill, Staines ; the Marquis de Castries, for the Continent ; the Bishop of Hereford, for his Palace, at Hereford; Sir John and Lady Jane Walsh, from Berkeley-square, for St. Leonard's-at-Sea; Count Tolstoy, from Albemarle-street, on a visit to the Countess of Pembroke, at Wilton House, Wiltshire ; the Hon. Sir Fleet wood and Lady Pollew, from Gratton-street, for the Conti nent ; the Earl and Countess of Kinnoul, from Green-street, on a Continental tour ; Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Oliveira, on a Continental tour; Mr. and Mrs. Richard Jones, from Chapel. street, Belgrave-square, to Brighton ; Mr. and Mrs. Griffiths Wynne, for Voelar Hall, in Denbighshire ; Mr. Blount, for Brighton ; Lady Ramsey, on a tour ; Lord Francis Godolphin Osborne, for Gog Magog Hill, Cambridgeshire ; Mr. J. Ra venshaw, for Suffolk ; Lord Templemore, on a tour; Lady Caroline Graham, for Sussex ; Mr. Commersell, for Stroud Park, Sussex. CHANGES. The Marquis of Northampton, at Newcastle, from his seat, Castle Ashby, Northamptonshire ; Count and Countess de Borgareli D'lson, at Brighton, from Cheltenham; Sir Thos. and Lady Stanley, at their seat, Haggerston Castle, near Berwick-upon-Tweed, from Hooton, their seat, in Cheshire; Dowager Lady Lubbock, at St. Leonard's. from Tunbridge Wells ; Lord and Lady Ernest Bruce, at Wilton House, on a visit to the Countess of Pembroke, from Tottenham Park, the seat of the Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury ; Vis countess Dungarven, at Cheltenham, from a visit to the Earl and Countess of Cork, at Marston Lodge, Somerset. Her Majesty will remain at Windsor for ten weeks, and then proceed to Brighton for a few weeks. The Queen has been most graciously pleased to be come the Patroness of the Windsor and Eton Bible Society. The Duke of Cambridge and Prince George of Cambridge, attended by Baron Knescbeck, Colonel Cornwall, and Colonel Schluter, er.me to Cambridge House yesterday morning from Kew. Their Royal Highnesses visited the Duchess of Gloucester at Gloucester House, and in the after- noon returned to Kew. His Highness Prince Furstenberg, one of the noble men attached to the Austrian Embassy Extraordinary, has eft town for the Continent. The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, the Marquis of Worcester, and Lady Augustus Somerset, have arrived at Aix, in Savoy, en route to Milan. Mr. and Lady Georgiana Codrington, who arrived in town on Monday evening, left the same evening for Savoy, to join their Graces. Earl Howe, was expected at his seat, Gopsall Hail, Atherstone, on Tuesday, from Bushey, for the pur,iose of lay ing the first stone of a new church at Ashby-de-la-Zouch. The Earl of Minto is staying at Pembroke. --- The Duke of Wellington is expected to arrive at Apsley House this evoning from the seat of Mr. Arbuthnot, Woolford House, Northamptonshire ; and to-morrow morning his Grace will leave town for Walnaer Castle, for the autumn. The Duke of Argyll and his relative, Miss Camp bell, have arrived in Paris, en route for Milan. His Grace will return to town from his Continental trip about the end of October. Major Sir James Hamilton, Bart., has been ap pointed to the staffof the Commander of the forces in Canada, Lieut.-General Sir John Colborne, G. C. 8., as Brigade- Major. His Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Alexander of Russia and suite, after visiting the Courts of Nassau and the Hague (he is now at Ems), is expected to come over on a visit to this country. Count Pozzo di Borgo, who was on the eve of quitting Ashburnham House on a short tour, has de ferred his departure from town, in the expectation of the ar rival of the Grand Duke. Count Sebastiani, Count Pozzo di Bor§_ , ,o, Baron Bulow, and M. Dedel, arc not expected to leave town for seve ral weeks, in consequence of the " Belgian Conference." Prince Santa Severini, of Naples, and suite, ar rived in Albemarle-street yesterday, from Paris. The Duke of Bedford has arrived in Belgrave square, from Woburn Abbey, where his Grace's brother, Lord Wm. Russell, 'has been on:a visit to him. Lords Edward and Cosmo Russell have gone on a grouse-shooting excursion in Inverness-shire. Mr. H. Waddington, of the midland circuit, has been appointed by her Majesty to succeed Mr. Jervis as Re corder of Lichfield. _ Despatches, dated June 25, were received yester d4y at the Foreign Department from the British Consul at Vera Cruz. ....... ~...._. Despatches, dated July 1, were received yesterday at the Foreign Department from the British Consul at Tam pico. Despatches, dated July 18, were received yester day at the Foreign Department from the British Consul at the Havannah. Despatches, dated July 28, were received yesterday at the Foreign Department from Lord Ponsonby, the British Ambassador at Constantinople. _ Despatches from the Earl of Durham, Governor of the Canadas, were received on Tuesday at the Colonial office. The Earl of Lismore left Farrance's Hotel yester day for Shambally Castle, Tipperary. Viscount Melbourne left town last evening for his seat, Brocket Hall, Herts. Lord Holland had a dinner party on Tuesday even ing at Holland House, Kensington. Lord and Lady Sarah Ingestrie have arrived a Curraghmore, on a visit to her Ladyship's brother, the Mar• quis of Waterford, who has a select party of friends assemble( there. Lord and Lady Lilford and family left Grosvenor place yesterday morning for Oundle, Northamptonshire. Sir John Hobhouse is staying at Erlstoke, Devizes. The Right Hon. C. P. Thomson has left town for Portree. Isle of Skye. The Hon. Henry and Mrs. Stanley left the Earl of Derby's yesterday for Knowsley Park. Mr. and Mrs. Bingham and family have left the Lansdowne Hotel, Dover-street, for Dieppe. RECENT ARRIVALS AT BUXTON.—His Grace the Duke of Grafton and Lady Laura Fitzroy, the Marquis and Marchioness of Tavistock, the Earl and Countess of Lichfield, the Viscount and Viscountess Beresford, Viscount and Viscountess Valletort, Vi -count Combermere, the Countess of Portmore, Lord Anson, Lord Riversdale, Lady Hawkins Witshed, Sir Evans Lloyd, Lady Trimleston, the Hon. Mr. and Lady Augusta Wentworth, Sir Alexander and Lady Dixon, Commissary General and Mrs. Boyce, Rear-Admiral arid Miss Carden, General Brown Clayton, Hon. Captain Frederick Grey, R.N., Sir Charles Scudamore, Sir Salisbury Davenport, R. N., Captain and Mrs. De Starck, &c. RAMSGATE, A UG UST 22.---The Marquis and Marchioness of Winchester and Lady Cecilia Paulet, Count Alexis Stroganoff, and Countess Zavadowski, a Russian lady, l i of high rank, are among our latest arrivals. It is rumoured that it is in contemplation to build a palace for her Majesty on the West Cliff. The visiters this week here and at Margate have been more select than numerous, and this the tradesmen assert to be in consequence of the predilection for Boulogne and the French coast. The theatre is closed, and there is a want of someplace of public resort. FRENCH JUDGES.—There are in France 3,656 Judg es , besides Attorneys and Advocatc.t-Gene:'al, Kine;'s Attorneys, and 2,646 Juges de Paix. STATE OF TRADE.-There continues to be a fair demand both for goods and yarn, without any change of prices since last week.-111auchester Guardian. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1838. YARMOUTH ELECTION. NOMINATION OF THE CANDIDATES. On the arrival yesterday of the Mayor, Thomas Baring, Esq., the Conservative candidate, and George Steward, Esq., the representative of William Wilshere. Esq., in the Liberal interest, together with a large party of their respective friends, three cheers were given for the Mayor, three for Wilshere, and three for Baring. The Mayor proceeded to take his oath as returning officer ; and the Town Clerk having read the Act of Parliament against bribery and corruption amidst much confusion, JOHN CLOWES, Esq., came forward and said that Mr. Wil shere had acted a most honourable part. As the nominator of that gentleman as a candidate, he came forward to offer him to their approbation.—( Much interruption from the Reds.) He proceeded come forward to nominate a per son who has been before the representative of Yarmouth. A few of our freemen have organized themselves, and they are still doing all they can to carry on the work of emancipating the freemen from the thraldom of Mr. Baring.—( Loud and continued cheers.) This borough has taken a most important stand in the political circle, not only of this immediate neighbourhood, but of the whole kingdom. Gentlemen, I need not now tell you what are Mr. W.'s poli tical opinions ; are they not recorded in the House of Com mons, by his votes given since you last returned him ? His opinions do not go between the bark and the tree. He is an independent Member. He is a man equal to the duties of your representative ; one you have nominated, and ought to second with your exertions, and to whom I doubt not you will give your support.—( Loud cheering and interruption.) As to the insinuations thrown out with regard to the compromise, I ask, why don't those men go into the compromise, and have it printed ? But let me ask you, w hat will be the result if Mr. Baring is returned ? Who will represent you ? Mr. Rum bold is an invalid, and cannot attend the House ' • Mr. Baring will go and vote for the Tories. Will you have Rumbold and Baring to represent you ? I call on you now to give Wilshire your assistance. Mr. BAYLEY, a freeman, then came forward, and in a forcible address seconded the nomination of Mr. Wilshere. _ _ _ JOHN LACON, Esq., amidst noisy cheers, nominated Mr. Baring. This gentleman concluded a long speech, which went into details for which we have not room, by saying—" In proposing to you a candidate now before you, if strict integrity, a clear insight into the local and commercial affairs of this country--if attention to his Parliamentary duties qualify a man for a Member of Parliament—here he stands.—( Tre mendous cheers.) Gentlemen, your cheers are my nomi nation, and I retire by nominating my admirable friend, Mr. Baring, as a fit and proper person to represent the borough of Great Yarmouth."—(Loud cheering.) E. H. L. PRESTON, Esq., seconded the nomination of Mr. Baring. G. STEWARD, the representative of Mr. Wilshere, urged on the electors the necessity of sleepless activity. In the course of his speech he observed—" I cannot say that Mr. Wilshere w ill take his seat, some say he will not, I think he will ; I do not see why he should not : but if he should be returned, and again accept the Chiltern Hundreds, we will volunteer hi m i n aga i n , an d th a t is the feeling of the greater part of th e const i tuency. " THOMA S BARIN G , Esq., who was received with cheers from the Red s , sa id —Gentlemen, I am t o ld I am gu ilty of political dishonesty.—(" to the ei g h t , an d not to t h e mem b ers . Did h e no t r e ad my So you are.") Mr. Steward said he must look first add ress , and did I not say I was a C onservat i ve ? I dis tinctly deny made for me , to coalesce w i th R um b o ld or A nson . I did having made any proposal, or that any could be them the honour to believe they could not listen to the proposals of a person holding opposite opinions to themselves. I came f orwar d h ere a l one to " so li c it your votes, but finding how things stood finding Rumbold and Anson were united, I cou ld not unite with them without a dereliction of honour, and that I could coalesce with Mr. Praed within forty-eight hours ; that coalition took place in which success ensued.._( Cheers, hear, a n d or d er .) Th a t, gen tleman, is my ans si w e e d i: .—( to the charge of political dishonesty. Mr. Baring then went into an answer of some other charges brought against h . im, when the M a y or too k a s h ow o f h an d s, w hi c h appear i ng in favour of Mr. Wilshere, a poll was demanded for Mr. Baring by Mr. Lacon, and the meeting was adjourned till to morrow at nine o'clock, to go the poll. THAMES TUNNEL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sts,—From a desire to see this great national work com pleted, and that foreigners may not laugh at John Bull for beginning and not being able to complete it, I venture again, through the medium of your valuable Journal, to offer a few further remarks to the Committee for managing it. Living at a distance of 20 0 miles from the Tunnel, and, when I first addressed you, ke owing little about it except what I learned from your Paper, I was not aware that there was, a s I now find there is, a deep superstratum of gravel, from whence issue very considerable springs. This bed of gravel, it can hardly be doubted, forms at the same time a receptacle and a conductor for these springs. Now, one general law, to which all springs ar:e subject, is that, when impeded, or tuened aside from the channel in which they have hitherto flowed, they will invariably take that direc tion where they meet with. the least resistance. Whether in obedience to this general law—this law of nature—thos e springs have not been forced into the Tunnel, is a question for the consideration of the Committee. It would appear, from the information I now possess, that it has not only been attempted to check these springs by bags of clay or earth, b ut absolutely to dam them up by a raft of timber, loaded with upwards of 250 tons of pig iron, besides a considerable weight of earth or clay. Thus, finding the least resistance in the di rection of the Tunnel, these springs have forced for them selves a passage into it. Whether they have their source from the shore, or arise from the water deposited in the gravel at high water, seems immaterial. The main question for con sideration is, how arc the evils arising from them to be pre vented ? This seems perfectly easy. It is to remove the cause —th e stratum of gravel. This, I apprehend, may be easily and safely done by means of the ballast lighters commonly used in the river. Till this is done, these springs will form a great, if not an insuperable impediment to the completion of the work, the methods hitherto taken for excluding the water from the river necessarily tending to force the springs into the Tunnel. Whether this magnificent work can be finished so long as these springs remain, is a question I earnestly recommend to the consideration of the Committee of Management, and remain, Sir, Your obliged humble servant, Harrogate, Aug. 21. T. T. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LATEST BETTING AT MANCHESTER. DONCASTER ST. LEG ER. 7 to 2 agst Lord Chesterfield's Don John—takers at 4 7 to 2 agst Colonel Peel's lon-4 to 1 taken 7 to 1 agst Mr. Parkin's Lanercost-71. taken freely 10 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Grey Momus—taken freely 13 to I agst Mr. Bowes's Appleton Lad—taken 13 to 1 agst Mr. Coombes's Cobham—takers at 16 20 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Albemarle—taken 100 to 7 agst Duke of Cleveland's Alzira—taken 100 to 5 agst Mr. Fox's Jemmy Jumps 100 to 3 agst Mr. Thompson's Talleyrand 200 to 7 agst Creeping Molly—taken 500 to 15 agst Major Yarburgh's Easter—taken 200 to 5 agst Mr. Fairlie's The Hydra—taken OXFORD RACES.-YESTERDA Y. The Oxfordshire Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft., and only 5 if de clared, &c. Two miles. 29 declared by the time prescribed. Mr. J. Morrell na. Toothill, 5 yrs, Bst. 91b. Pavis 1 Mr. W. Lowndes na. Calmuck, 5 yrs, Bst. 51b Mr. Rawlinson's Reliance, G yrs, 7st Lord Exeter's Dardanelles, 4 yrs, Bst. 41b 4 Mr. I. Day na. The Skater, 5 yrs, 7st. bib 5 The County Plate of 501., given by the County Members; three vears old, ist. ; four, Bst. 41b ; five, Bst. 121 b ; six and aged, 9st. 21b ; mares and geldings allowed 31b. Two mile heats. The winner of one Plate in 1838 to carry 31b; of two or more 51b. extra. The winner to be sold for 200 sovs. if demanded, &c. Individuals or confederates not allowed to start more than one horse. To pay 1 soy. entrance to go to the second horse, and half a soy. to the Clerk of the Races. Mr. I Day's b. g. Zethus, aged Chapple 1 1 Mr. Coleman's b. g. Rienzi, 4 yrs 4 2 Mr. Lucas's ch. c. Foreigner, by Ishmael—Pontiff's dam, 3 yrs 3 3 Mr. Rawlinson's Reliance, 6 yrs Hunters' Stakes of 10 sovs. each, 5 ft., with 25 added by the inha bitants of Oxford, for horses that have been regularly hunted with fox-hounds the preceding season. Certificates to be pro duced, if required; three years old, 9st. 71b ; four, 10st. 121 b ; five, 1 Ist. 71b ; six, 1 Ist. 121 b ; and aged, 12st. ; whiners once in 1838 to carry 51b., twice or more 71b. extra; thoroughbred horses to carry 141 b. extra. The winner to be sold for 150 sovs. if demanded. Gentlemen riders. Three horses to start belong ing to different persons, or the public money will not be given. Heats, the Oxford Course. 6 Subs. Lord Abingdon na. Czar, 3 yrs Mr. Parr 1 1 Mr. W. Ashhurst na. Exchange, 6 yrs 2 2 The celebrated horse Dr. Syntax died lately at Newmarket, in the 28th year of his age. CHELMSFORD RACE S.-TVESDAI'. The Queen's Plate of 109 guineas ; for three yrs old, ist. Mb ; four, 9st. ilb; five, 9st. Illb ; six and aged, lOst. 21b. The best of three two mile heats. _ Nat 1 1 dis Gen. Grosvenor's Dxdalus, 3 yrs Mr. E. Howarth's Despair, 3 yrs (fell) The Stewards' Plate of 50 sovs. ; for three years old 7st. 41b ; four, Bst. 71b ; five, 9st. llb ; six and aged, 9st. 51b ; mares and geldings allowed 31bs ; the winner of a Plate or Sweepstakes in 1838, 31b: ; of two, 51bs ; and of three, 71bs. extra. The winner to be sold for 200 soya., &c. ..West 1 1 2 dr Mr. Palmer's b. g. Bravo, 5 yrs ... Mr. G. Edwards 's Cheverule, 3 yrs_ Won by two lengths. Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each. and 50 added by the Members for the County three yrs old, 'ist. slb ; four, Bst. 71b ; five, 9st ; six and aged, 9st. 31b ; mares and geldings allowed 31bs ; winners extra, as above. The new mile. The second to save his stake, and the vi inner to be sold for 120 sovs., &c. Mr. Pettit's Anna Boleyn, 3 yrs Owner 4' 1 1 Gen. Grosvenor's b. c. by The Co!onel, 4 yrs Sir. Greville's Hilda, 3 yrs Mr. Cassidy's Maid of Hertford, by Medora, 3 yrs Won easy. AQUATICS. ISLEWORTII REGATTA.--This match was well contested ' and could boast of the attendance of a lar g e numb er of very fashionably attired persons from Richmond and its vicinity. We are informed that it was even graced with the presence of the Duke of Cambridge, and portions of the families of the nobility resident in the neighbourhood. It was a sculler's contest, nine pairs in four heats, for a purse of sovereigns, and " other prizes" (not mentioned), given by the resident ladies and gentlemen. The following had been entered to contend : First heat—Richard Neal, red ; William Mariner, white ; James Argent, blue. Second heat—John Glinn, red ; William Platt, white ; John Berry, blue. Third heat—Charles Smith, red; William Timms, white ; Richard Munday, blue. The distance was to start from buoys off the Marquis of Ailsa's, down the Surrey shore, round a boat moored off the Duke of Northumberland's pavilion, up the Middlesex shore, round the starting-place, and finish at the pavilion. The first heat was decided in favour of Mariner, the second was won by Berry, and the third by Timms. The three winners started at half past six for the grand heat. Mariner got clear off in the start, and maintained his advantage, winning by some lengths. The other two fouled severely, and Timms ulti mately came in second. TOWER REGATTA,The annual contest among the water men plying at the Tower took place on Tuesday. It was with six pairs of sculls, in four heats, and was well rowed. Elms, Gray, and Bartlett, as the winners of the three first heats, started for the grand heat. Gray soon got the lead, main tained it, and won by four or five lengths. The match was got up by the inhabitants of the Tower Hamlets. CRICKET. A great single wicket — matchTr 100 sovereigns, between Mr. Alfred Mynn and Mr. James Dearman was decided on Monday at Town Maliing, in Kent; and it will be seen by the subjoined particulars that the ehallenger, Dearman, was most wofully defeated. FIRST INNINGS. Balls. Hits. Runs. Wide. Alfred Mynn ... 82 58 33 1 Caught out, James Dearman .. 9 1 2 1 Bowled out. SECOND INNINGS. Alfred Mynn l7B 119 88 1 Bowled out. James Dearman lB 12 8 0 Bowled out. _ _ Umpires—Messrs. Caldecourt and Good. . The return match will be played at Sheffield on the 27th inst. In the event of Dearman bcirg succe3sful, of which there is no prospect, the final game will be played on the I Oth of September, at Sheffield. GROUSE SIIOOTING..--Bilds have not been so scarce on Sad dleworth moors for the last twenty years as at present; and what few there are cannot be approached, being chiefly old birds. The young birds perished in long-continued wet weather, which was, if possible, worse in the early part of this week. The Duke Decazes, and several other Directors of the Paris and Havre Railroad Company, proceeded a few days ago to Pontoise to examine the intended line as far as that first station. The road, of which the terminus is to be the left of La Villete, is to cross the plain between St. Denis and the Seine, and will then leave to its right and to its left the villages of La Barre, Enghcin, Soissy, Pierrelaye, &c., and will come to Saint- Ouen-l'Aumone, one of the suburbs of Pontoise. According to the present plan the station is intended to be at that spot, but the inhabitants of Pontoise solicit that it should be on the right bank of the river Oise, The line will probably cross Pontoise a little below the hospital, and from thence will proceed through the valley which extends as far es Chars. It is reported that this line, which is to pass through several vil lages and one town, will require the demolition of only four houses. It is probable, however, that several alterations will be made in the plan. The works are immediately to be en tered upon, and it is expected that before the end of next sum mer the road will be opened as far as Pontoise. CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.—Th e " Animals' Friend Society" of Mark-lane, among several cases last week, caused Robert Tyson to be fined by Mr. Nethersole, at Miirgate, for having driven a dog drawing a cart all the way from Ramsgate to Margate, in about half an hour, loaded with himself, his wife, and an additional burd en ; so t h at t h e poor an i ma l w as terribly distressed, and was foaming at the mouth. The Hon. Secretary, and Gibbins, also caused William French to be fined 20i. and costs, by Alderman Kelly, for having driven a horse (in the Fulham omnibus, of Thomas Barttell), which VV3S covered in plan: - F with hil edilig tumours, on which On driver wt., whii.ph!g, so that his lash was cu - ..cred ith blood, and that the horse was obliged to be led homy, being in a dreadful state, and was, it was said, going to be killed or I patted with. THE HARVEST. Reports from all parts of the county speak very favourably of the condition and quantity of the various crops. Cutting corn is now becoming general throughout this extensive agri- cultural district. The gloom which pervaded the minds of many, produced by fears of a greatly deficient crop, is passing away, and expecta tion is now entertained of a harvest but little, if any, below an average. All is activity in the agricultural counties, and in the course of another week "the joy of harrest" will be general in the southern and western districts, while the eastern and northern parts will derive yet more advantage from the genial influence of the now propitious weather.—Lincoln Gazette. The few days we have had of fine weather has produced a great change in the crops. In certain situations the beautiful yellow tint has made its appearance, particularly in the barley. 'The wheat generally stands up well, and is firmly topped; there is no doubt that a little time of fine weather would ripen and secure a very abundant produce. Already oats are begin ning to be cut in the neighbourhood of Doncaster. Saturday being so remarkably fine, in comparison with the changeable weather we have had, a favourable change for the consumer took place in Doncaster market. Wheat fell 25., and in some cases 3s. a load. —Sheffield Iris. Itmealsa.—Since Monday last (August 13) the weather has been very variable, and, upon the whole, unfavourable. On Thursday morning rain again commenced, and has conti nued to fall at intervals ever since ; but the weather took up about eleven yesterday, and has been since fine and warm, with occasional showers. At our Corn Exchange, on Tues day, wheat fell 2 s. ; but on Friday it recovered the ad vanced rate of that day week, and a sample of new (white) reached the very high price of 50s. per barrel, which is equal to 83s. El -d. the English quarter of eight Winches ter bushels. This is considerably beyond the rates at which the duty upon the importation of bonded wheat falls down to th e minimum—one shilling. But it would appear that all the wheat now in Great Britain, home and foreign, would not supply more than six weeks' consumption. Unless there should he an extensive foreign importation within a short period, the new wheat will necessarily be greatly run upon for immediate grinding, as soon as it appears at market. This, of course, would keep up, if not advance, prices still higher. We are then, at the present moment, in a most critical posi tion as regards the growing crops, and a week or two of fine weather would be of the most inestimable value. Meantime, it is most gratifying to find that little harm has yet been done, and, although the harvest will be late, the crops of all kinds, even the wheat, promise an average yield; oats and potatoes more than an average.—Dublin Mercantile Advertiser. The weather during the past week has undergone a material chancre for the better; with the exception of Thursday and part of yesterday, the entire week was dry. The crops con tinue to look remarkably well ; they arc, however, but slowly assuming the hue of ripeness. In all probability, it will be a fortnight yet before there is any grain cut in this neighbour hood.—Downpatrich Reporter. The weather still continues unfavourable. About three o'clock this morning there was an extremely heavy fall of rain, and although the weather has since cleared up, there has been a high wind all day, which is likely to do some injury to the ripening corn. Nevertheless, the accounts from the country generally continue to be encouraging, and a week or two of dry warm weather would ensure fair average crops. It will be seen from the subjoined reports that the harvest has been al ready secured in several of the southern and western districts of England. We received this morning a letter from our Westmeath Correspondent, who states that the wheat and other crops have been injured to some extent by a very minute in_ sect; but in other re s p ects his statement does not di ffer sub stantially from his report for the centre of Ireland, published last week. Our Correspondent—an eminent agriculturist, now on a tour in the north—still reports very favourably of the crops.—Dublin Evening Post. The grain crops around town are colouring so fast that the sickle, in a few early spots, may be put to the shock before the present month is out. Such farmers as have examined their fields minutely, agree in stating that the oats and barleys are filling well, and promise a sound, plump pickle, should there be no return of continued rain and flood. Since the above was written our hopes have been a good deal damped in respect to the weather. Between Saturday night and Sunday morning a good deal of rain fell ; but the showers were gentle compared to the sad deluges of yesterday, more particularly as evening approached. The glass again is down, and the prospect most dismal. While we write we hear not only rain lashing, but " wintry winds drivin' on wi' fury," and, altogether, Monday, the 20th, was more like a day in December than August. The season thus far has been favourable to horticulture, at least in the great majority of departments. Peas and beans have run too much to straw; greens are tall and spindly; cau liflower in many places has failed, and cabbages of all kinds seem exceedingly small, even where firm and tolerably headed. Carrots and onions have been dreadfully cut up by a white maggot, and has even attacked the fruit-trees, and effected a lodgment in many an apple. Garden carrots will be a scarce com mod ity , and such as store them for winter use must trust exclusively to the open fields. Onions are not quite so bad, but still they will be dear compared to the general run of sea sons. In spring, there was a great show of blossom ; but al though much of it sot very little comparatively came forward, and, speaking generally, the supply of fruit will neithe r be large, nor well fl avoure d . In the South of England the case i s different. It rained rather heavily on Sunday m orning, and one o r two s light show ers h ave since fallen ; but the weather is on the whole not so unfavourable as variable ; and the crops are in a thriving condition. The accounts from different parts of the c ountry show th at general hopes are now entert ained of an av erage harvest but these hopes, of course, decend on the c hance of fair weather. We observe that Mr. Millar, Inver leith Mains, comm ence d cutt i ng a large field of barley yester day, which app ears to b e qu i te ripe, and a fair crop. We also noticed on the same fa.m wheat pretty we ll coloured, and a very heavy crop ; and it gives us pleasure to add that the same remark may, to a great extent, be made of the corn fields in this neighbourhood. —Edinburgh Advertiser of Tuesday. Barley harvest commenced in East Lothian on Thursday, the 16th inst, on the estate of Lochend, the property of the l ez t: g ltt ik y• 7 .ST Georiro Wa;m.rikl., Bart., and nko o!) ;Sir —cut g e' ' "Ole and Nevvtottiecs, Tinc crop is a fair one, and the quality seems fine. It is worthy of remark, that cut ting did not commence on the latter farm till the 21st of August last season.—Edinburgh Courant. BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, ACG7I.—In order to give eclat as much as possible to the meeting yesterday, the morning was ushered in by the ringing of all the Church bells, and then was almost an entire cessation of business, crowds of persons being assembled around all the sectional places, anxious to ob tain a view of, if not to show their respect to the assembles philosophers. All the main streets leading - to these places rendezvous were also crowded throughout the day, and had th, appearance of a lively and fashionable promenade. To fou' of the sections, viz., A. Mathematics and Physics; B. Che mistry and Mineralogy; C. Geology and Geography; and G The Mechanical Sciences, ladies were for the first time ad mitted, and from this circumstance, all but that on Chemistry were most incommodiously crowded, the former especially, as it was known that Sir John Herschel would make the first an- nouneccnent of several of his discoveries in the southern re- gions. Strangers continued to arrive in great numtnrs throughout the day, and the Inquiry-room and Town Halt were tilled during the day. The following is a programme of the most interesting scientific proceedings during the sit tings of the Sections, which met severally in the morning, at 11 o'clock. Section D. Zoology and Botany.--Sir Was. JARDINE, Bart., President, in the chair. . A paper was read from Mr. W. H. Clarke, of Liverpool, on a fish of Surinam, with four eyes, which although previously unknown to zoologists, was met with in large shoals off som, parts of the coast Of Surinam, the water sometimes assuming a dark colour from their presence. Two of the eyes are in the usual position, but on the crown of the head there is a protu berance like the horn of a buffalo, in which there are two other organs of vision, which move alternately with the former. It lids a singular mode of escape from its enemies, for, when alarmed l the sentinals it retreats to the bottom with its head upwards, and by the aid of its dorsal fins, buries its body in the stud, but in this position they are frequently decapitated in large shoals by the ground shark, which is their most invete rate enemy. It possesses various Indian native names, one of which is " Food for the Chiefs," so that it appears to resem ble the white bait of the River Thames. It was, however, considered by the meeting that there was not sufficient autho rity to specify it as a distinct species. Mr. BABINGTON read a paper on the botany of the Channel Islands, which is intermediate with that of Britain and the Continent. The whole islands contain 760 varieties, of which twenty are new. Mr. GRAY described the various collections of natural his tory in the town and its vicinity, and also exhibited some new species of shells contained in some of the private collections. Mr. Gray also made some remarks on the angular coloured marks and lines on the corners of shells. Section B. Chemistry and Mineralogy.—Rev. Professor Wit EWELL, President. Professor TuomPsoN read a notice of a new native com pound of di-arseniate of iron which exhibits a discrepancy of analysis, although partaking of the same external character as the known one. Mr. RICHARDSON read some remarks on the composition of sphene, having, from his experiments, differed in his con clusions in the proportion of the constituents. Mr. SCANLAN read a paper on the action of light on nitrate of silver. It appeared from experiments that had been for some years in progress, that when hermetically sealed and properly excluded from atmospheric air and organic matter, although exposed freely to light, no change would take place. It appeared from this that the nitrate of silver is not, as generally supposed, blackened by exposure to light; but by being charred with organic matter, or the particles of dust floating in the atmosphere. From the same author was also read some observations on the constitution of ammoniacal carbonates of commerce, by which he proved that there did not exist a sesqui-carbonate, as generally stated; but that the results of analysis showed that this salt was a mixture of proto and bi-carbonates of soda from the action of water. Mr. MURRAY read a qualitative analysis of the waters of the Dead Sea, in which be pointed out the presence of boracic acid and sulphuretted hydrogen, which had escaped the notice of previous chemists. These, it was suggested, were proofs of this being a volcanic water. Mr. EXLEY also read a paper on the specific gravity of nitrogen, oxygen, hydrogen, and chlorine, and the vapours of carbon, sulphur, arsenic, and phosphorus, a purely hypotheti cal question. Section A.—Mathematics and Physics.—Sir JOIIN HEns- C fEL in the chair. Col. Rum, R. E., read a paper on the law of storms and monsoons. It was founded on the observation of several of the most remarkable storms occurring within the last few years, the courses of which were accurately defined. No theory was advanced, but a considerable number of facts adduced, to which lie solicited the co-operation of future observers. He traced the effect of a monsoon as emanating from a centre, and describing a common circle—an opinion which was sup ported by The PRESIDENT, who stated the singular opinion that the spots of the sun were produced from the operations of similar causes that produce terrestrial monsoons, which move in a pa rabolic curve in different directions in both hemispheres of the earth and sun. Sir JOHN HERSCIIEL read a very elaborate and lengthened paper, including the following subjects :—Reduced observa tions of the nebulae in the southern hemisphere, with a list of the double stars and their micrometrical admeasurements ; a list of planetary and annular nebulae discovered in the same portion of the globe, accompanied with three specimens of drawings illustrative of the same. This being a matter of enumeration and mathematical calculation, is scarcely fitted for a public Journal, on account of the necessary conden ation that is required. Section G. Mechanical Science.—CilikaLEs BABBAGE, Esq., President. The first paper read was a communication from Mr. Garnett, of Newcastle, on an invention and improve ment of a two-armed telegraph. The instrument is con structed of two ladders placed two feet apart at the bottom, and 18 inches above. Two dials are placed at the bottom, which can each indicate eight positions. These, with their combinations, will produce 88 numbers, which refer to words, and affording greater facility of communication than any other in use. The invention is also ingeniously applied to a noctur nal telegraph, by being made to cover different coloured lights. Mr. SOPWITII rcad a paper on an instrument to facilitate the projection of objects isometrically. It conisted of bars of brass placed parallel and diagonally to indicate the different positions of places on maps, and lay down drawings on this principle. A map of Newcastle was exhibited sshich had thus been constructed. He also exhibited an isometrical protractor, and suggested the improvement of using drawing paper pre pared with isometrial triangles and ellipses. Mr. Sopwith also read a paper on an improvement in writing tables, an in genious mechanical construction, and which was applicable for storing or carrying philosophical or othe r tender in struments. Mr. MAULE made a communication on a new mode of sup plying steam boilers with water, which excited no particular observation. Mr. WEBB HALL read a paper on the economy of heat for domestic purposes ; and Nlr. J. SCOTT RUSSELL read a very interesting communica tion on the resistance of fluids to vessels. It was formerly considered that vessels made their way through the water as the current flowed, but his experiments had proved that it was not regulated by this cause, nor the shape or construction of the vessel, but by the depth of the fluid and height and form of the wave, and also their respective velocities. Vessels, he considered, might be so constructed as that there should be no resistance, according to the principles which he had laid down at former meetings, and he and Sir J. Robinson had constructed vessels which entered and passed through the water without disturbing it by a ripple. Section E. Medical Science. —The Mayor of NEWCASTLF, President. The papers read were by Mr. Farr, on the laws of mortality in cholera ; and Mr. Greenhow, on the beneficial effects of mercury. Section C. Geology and Geography.— Professor L YELL, President.—The first paper read was a communication from W. Long, Esq., descriptive of a bone cavern, near Cheddar, in Somersetshire, containing human as well as other animal bones. The fact of human bones being found imbedded in any old formation was always worthy of notice from the rarity of their occurrence, and the interest excited when these were found in connection with extinct animals. The cave is situated in limestone rock, and 30 feet in depth. On the first entrance it has the appearance of lofty chambers, tapering into an arch way, which opens again into lofty chambers on the bottom of which are found human skulls and bones, mixed with those of boars, deer, oxen, &c., embedded in soil evidently of remote origin, and containing very few fossils which arc, however, very abundant in the rocks above. Professor SEDGWICK remarked that he had not personally visited the locality, but always looked with suspicion when the association of human bones with those of other animals of ex tinct species was sought to be established. The occurrence of human bones in caverns might he easily explained, without b e i n g coincident with the rock, and no argument for changing the present system of geologists, which by all experience had never found bones belonging to the human species along with those of extinct species of animals had been adduced. Professor L Y ELL mentioned that the subject bad been mi nutely examined by eminent French geologists, who had found in a cavern in the south of France human bones associated with those of extinct rhinoceros and elephants, but they found the latter to be of living genera, but extinct species. It was a singular fact that some si , ecies of pottery found along with these bones, lcd them to examine a tumulus in the neighbour hood, where they found pieces of pottery of the same de scription, as also bones of the ox, ass, and goat, but none of the extinct rhinoceros or elephant. The result was that the circumstance of human bones being found in connection with those of animals, was no argument of their coevalty, but only proved that they were of high antiquity, without referring them to a geological era. The second paper read was one of considerable local impor tance, containing the result of an extensive series of observa tions of the Newcastle coal district, by John Buddle, Esq., embracing an extent of 900 square miles, the continuation of which was reserved till to-day. Section F. Statistics.—Colonel SvKES, President.—The first wiper read was a communication relative to the Newcastle police returns, by John Stephens, superintendent of police. The population of Newcastle is about 60,000 ; but from the period extending from October 2, 1837, to August, 1838, a lapse of ten months, the total number of prisoners committed was 2,169. Mr. RAWSON remarked on the comparative amount of crime in Newcastle and the county of Northumberland, in which the proportion was but as ore in I,lop. He also read the names . 1 th , six cennf... w?,ich w:-.-e the ica.A infe.ted with crime, and r.lich weir thjsc in which mining is carried on on the largest scale. Sir CHARLES LEMON also remarked on this freedom from crime in the mining districts, Which he referred to the good rate of wages, and the efforts of Methodism in the improve ment of the moral character. The large proportion of the violent crimes had been committed under the infl,ence of liquor, a fact, however, disputed by Dr. Bowring, who con sidered that intemperance was very much on the decrease, as proved from statistical facts of the state of the revenue reLar.l - spirits. Colonel SYKES read a paper on the statistics of vitality in Cadiz, furnished from parochial documents, as well as the re gisters of public hospitals. The most interesting paper was an important communication from G. R. Porter, Es q., being a statistical vie w o f m i n i ng i n d ustry i n F rance , t h e details of which have, however, heen principally communicated to the Statistical Society of London. The first public ordinary was held yesterday afternoon in the Riding School, which was s ; .ecially fitted up fir the oc casion, the whole of the interior of the building being fitted up with coloured drapery, ornamented with tablets inscribed to the most eminent modern philosophers, surrounded with wreaths of laurels. T, e chair was taken by Professor Wile well, one of the Vice-Presidents, who was supported by the Bishop of Durham, Sir John Herschel, Sir Charles Lemon, Bart., M. P., and many other leading members. After the usual loyal toast with that of " Prosperity to the British As sociation" had been drunk, The CHAIRMAN proposed " The health of the Duke of Northumberland, the president of the Association." He took that opportunity of noticing two circumstances not previously known—that the Duke had presented to the University to which he belonged a telescope equal to any in Europe, with accompanying apparatus on a similar scale of magnificence. On the return of Sir John Herschel to this country, after his long residence in the southern hemisphere, in his generous aid to science, he had placed 1,0001. at his command, for the re duction of his observations. This, Sir John Herschel was not empowered to appropriate to the purpose, and his Grace had therefore resolved to apply it in the publication of those im portant observations at a cheap rate, so that they might be generally available. The toast was responded to with loud cheers. The CHAIRMAN next proposed " The health of the Vice- Presidents," from whose attainments much benefit might be anticipated for the Association. The Bishop of DURHAM returned thanks for himself and his colleagues. However inadequate he might feel himself for his position, when lie saw around him so many men emi nently devoted to science, he felt a satisfaction that he was rendering to them their proper homage. In that capacity ncthing could be more gratifying than witnessing so many men eminent in talent and science sitting around him. The " Hcalths of the Mayor and the Town" were given, which were heartily responded to, and shortly before eight o'clock the meeting, which contained upwards of 700 persons, adjourned to the general meeting at the Central Exchange. The Central Exchange was filled at an early hour in the evening, and at eight o'clock there could not have been less than 3,500 persons present. Some considerable alarm was excited by the falling of a platform, on which about twenty persons were standing, but which, happily, caused no injury. Soon after this hour the Duchess of Northumberland, attended by Lord Prudhoe, Lord Ravensworth, and a select party, took their seats inside an enclosure in front of the platform, which, together with the appearance of the Duke on the platform a few minutes afterwards, was the signal for loud and long_ continued cheering. Professor WHEIVELL, on taking the chair, expresses his satisfaction at presiding at the opening of the eighth meeting of the Association. These meetings necessarily produced a great and important result, for they brought together all the discoveries in science and improvements in art, and the efforts of theory and practice from all parts of this kingdom and the Continent. Ile was now about to resign his post into the hands of that distinguished Nobleman on whom it now devolved. He had attended all the meetings but one, and had filled al most every office in the Association, and had therefore a full opportunity of watching its spirit, and the effects which it was likely to produce. The subject of the tides was one which had early attracted their attention when it was in arrears of all other branches of knowledge ; but, through the medium of the Association, experiments and researches had been made, which were fastly approximating to the universal theory of gravitation. The same might be said of the undu lating theory of light, a subject to which the attention of the Council had also been directed. Although religious opinions had no place amongst the assembled persons here he would appeal to every one v; ho had been in the habit of attending the meetings whether they did not all bear that tone. On many occasions like this they had contemplated through the laws of nature Him whom the laws of nature express, and whose works are in the universe. They must recollect that these were not the expressions of words formally arranged, but were spontaneous and irresistible; they were feelings not uttered by professors, but by senators, statesmen, and men of the world, whose train of reflections led them to this solid reasoning. After a very eloquent speech, he concluded with resigning his chair to the Duke of Northumberland. The Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND, on taking the chair, was received with the most rapturous applause. He expressed his satisfaction at being called to preside over so numerous and intelligent a body, as well as to uphold the dignity and advance the utility of the Association whilst he was con nected with it. Mr. JOHN TAYLOR next read the Report of the Council. It stated that the balance in hand at the last Report was 2481. 6s. 6d., and that the receipts at Liverpool were 1,538/. for compositions, and 1,3501. for annual subscriptions, making, with arrears since received, the_ sum of 2,491/. There bad also been received from the dividends on stock 1501 , and the the sale of books 4221., making a general total of 3,751/. The expenses were on account of the Liverpool meeting 279/. • invested in the purchase of 1,0001., Three per Cent. Stock, 910/. ; investigation on tides, 291., and at Bristol, 501 ; ex periments to determine the levels of the land and sea, 1201. ; inquiries on the statistics of education, 50/. ; experiments of the growth of plants under glass, 75/. ; researches in fos sil ichthyology, 100/. ; experiments on cast iron, 501. ; on Railway constants, 411. ; on an anemometer, 60/. ; &c. ; leaving a balance in hand of 670/. The pro perty of the Association was estimated, as in funded pro _ perty, 5,142/. 103. ; in printed reports, 1,000/. ; which, with the cash balance, gave a total of 6,8121. The tickets already issued for the meeting had been more than at any previous time. At the close of the Bristol meeting they were 1,350, and at Liverpool 1,840; whilst, up to that period, in New castle they were 2,059. Mr. AluactilsoN, the general secretary, concluded the business of the meeting, by reading an address explanatory of the progress of the Institution in the various departments of research to which its attention had been directed. The ball given by the Mayoress last evenin g was most nume rously attended. The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, the Marquis of Northampton, with every other member distin guished in rank and science being present. The amusements did not terminate till a late hour. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, Ann. 20.—Today being the wakes is generally injurious to the transaction of business ; but more goods have been sold than is usual at thi se times. The demand for flannels still contint es brisk, but prices are but low considering the high price of wool. There has been no change in the price of flan nels or wool to-day, though in the latter article there has been rather more doing. THE MODEM—The grouse on the moors in this neighbourhood are very numerous, but only in poor condition, which is owing in a great measure to the severe weather in the spring of the year ; notwithstanding this the birds are ex ceedingly strong on the wing. Good shots have been able to bag considerable numbers. The birds arc also very plentiful on the southern moors of Scotland, and in a pretty forward state —Kendal Mercuty. DETERMINED ATTEMPT AT SUlClDE.—Yes terday Mr. George Maybank, an elderly man of respectable connections, made a most determined attempt to deprive him self of existence in the following manner. It appears that on the prev,ous night Mr. Maybank, who for some time past has occupied apartments at 39, Wilsted-street, Somers Town, re tired at the usual hour to rest, when he complained of being very unwell. Between six and seven in the morning his landlord, Mr. Williams, entered the bedroom to ascertain how he was, and on opening the door was horror-struck at behold ing the unhappy man sitting in a chair by the-bedside, with a razor firmly grasped in his right band, and with his left he was holding a basin, into which the blood, which was flowing from a wound inflicted by him in the throat, si as running in a stream. A policeman who was called in obtained the assis tance of Mr. Davis, a surgeon, by whom the wound was in stantly sewed up, and the sufferer WAS then removed to the Infirmary, where he lies in a very alarming state. He had for some weeks been much depressed in spirits, in consequence of pecuniary embarrassments, coupled with some family dispute, and so fully did he appear to be bent on self-destruction that he had made a second attempt to wound himself with the razor before it was wrested from his hold. NUMEROUS ROBBERIES.-011MC stlay information of the following numerous robberies was received at the various station-houses and police offices :—On Saturday last a young man named James Jefferys, in the employ of Mr. Hammond, chemist, New Brantford, absconded, stealing and taking with him about Si., which he had received for, and on account of, his employer. He left his master's horses and van at the Rcd Lion Inn, Uxbridge, on his return from Oxford, where be bad been sent with soda water. On the same evening, between eight and nine o'clock, was stolen from the person of Mrs. Esther Cowen, of No. 3, Ashby-street, Shepherdess-fields, whilst at the corner of Castle-street, City-road, a red silk net purse, containing seven sovereigns, nine or ten shillings in silver, and some other articles, by a lad about fourteen or fifteen years of age, dressed in dark clothes, and a cap, who snatched the property out of her hand. Between nine and ten o'clock the same night a gold neck chain, with a square eye-glass attached, a gold ring set round with pearls, and the name of " Anthony Goodere Eyre" en graved on the inside, and various cornel isn earrin g s and drops, set in gold, and other articles, were stolen from the Claremont-terrace Clerkenwell. The felony w as efF,•cted by two men wire en tered the attic window .ficiu au unoccupied house adjoining. Between tlire and four :'clock on the following afternoon the house of Mr. Methy, No. 7, Old Compton-street, Soho, was robbed of a net purse, containing ten sovereigns and some silver, a number of silver spoons, gold earrings, gold brooches, gold rings , some set with tur q uoise, and other m oneys, from a drawe r, su pp osed b y a forei g ner who l odged ef g,s m -cr t o the person a brown me r i no p urse , person of Mr. Gillon, conta i n ing a number of sovereigns, guineas, and Spanish pis- No s in the house abou t five da y s. Between ten and eleven o ' cl ock on .20, Monday ve night rp o o was.stLiverpool-street, e s t, Kin stolen from toles. The felony was effected in the New -road. And also between on and :,ever o'clock on Tuesdsy mo,eing the house of Mr. Jelin Nerd], No. 17, Red Lion-square, was feloniously entered and robbed of a quantity of valuable plate, consisting of cruet stands, table, tea, and mustard spoons, arid a con siderable quantity of wearing apparel. t